Faucet-lock for beer-coolers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM HEIDIJE, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

FAUCET-LOCK FOR BEER-COOLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,069, dated May 25,1880,

Application filed January 31, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ADAM HEIDLE, of Bryan, in the county of Williams andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFaucet-Locks for Beer-Coolers 5 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a face of my lock,showing the same applied to a faucet. Fig. 2 is a view of the lock in anopened position, and Fig. 3 is a side "iew'.

The nature of my invention relates to the construction and arrangementof afaucet-lock for beer-coolers, as herein fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

A designates a portion of a beer-cooler. in which the keg of beer willbe placed upon ice while on tap with the faucet projecting out throughan opening, B.

0 G designate two plates, which are hinged or linked together at theirupper end, so that they may be spread apart, as shown in Fig.2. Theseplates are recessed near their hinged ends, as at D D, so that when theyare closed the recesses will form an opening for the shank of a knob, E,which is screwed into the side of the cooler A, and its knob part turneddown upon the plates, so as to hold them in a closed position upon thecooler. The plates have also two semicircular recesses, -F F, which,when the plates are closed, embrace the faucet G.

When the faucet is withdrawn from the keg and the opening in the cooler,a cover, H, which is pivoted to one of the plates (J, may be swung roundso as to cover the recesses F and the opening B in the cooler A.

To open the plates the knob should be turned, so as to relieve itspressure upon the plates. These plates, when brought together, fitclosely to each other by means of a tongueand-groove joint.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the hinged plates 0,

having recesses D F, with the knob E and cover H, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ADAM HEIDLE.

Witnesses:

HUGO HEIM, G. F. SCHMIDT.

